The Great War

={Chapter 32: Found An Old Friend}=

={WARNING: CUSSING, SLIGHT FLUFF, PHYSICAL ALTERCATIONS, WOUNDS AND MENTION OF TRAUMA}=

"You liar! You told me you wouldn't scare me like that the last time you did!" Bryan yelled with an offended and worried tone as he walked into the kitchen, pointing an accusing finger at Molten. "Oh-, right. I'm sorry, but I wanted to know how they found us so I listened in," Molten replied calmly with an apologetic tone as he gave Bryan a nervous smile. "They?" Bryan asked with a confused yet still worried tone, looking over at SpringTrap's bandaged hand. "Nightmare did that. And yes, they, Funtime Foxy was with him," Molten stated calmly before Bryan asked about the wound. "Stop lying to me, about scaring me and all. One day something's actually going to happen to you, you're gonna get hurt and regret lying to me again. I would make you promise to not get into anything dangerous, but you've already broken one promise you made," Bryan stated as he turned back to Molten, staring up at Molten with a worried expression as he crossed his arms over his chest. "I'm sorry, I really am, I didn't mean to scare you, but I had to figure out what was going on," Molten replied softly as he stood up straight and placed a hand on Bryan's shoulder. "You say that every time! And Golden would've told us what happened after Nightmare left," Bryan shouted back, uncrossing his arms and shoving Molten's hand off of his shoulder, before walking out of the kitchen, shoving past Ennard and Michael, who had just walked in, and the house echoed with the slam of the front door. Now Molten was genuinely annoyed, he used to be the deputy of the army, every since he entered the army, it was his job to figure out what was going on, wether you died in the process or not, he had been doing that for years, it was an instinct in bad situations at this point, he couldn't help it, and why couldn't Bryan understand that? "He's just worried about you," Golden stated with a quiet tone, as if reading Molten's thoughts, and Molten almost jumped, he hadn't realized he zoned out. "I-I know, it's just-, I don't know-, stressful I guess. I don't mean to scare him so much but-, I can't help it," Molten replied as he rubbed the back of his neck and looked at the floor. "Go talk to him, and be careful, Nightmare and Foxy didn't leave too long ago, there's a chance you'll run into them," Golden stated calmly with a slight nod of his head toward the kitchen doorway, and Molten gave him a hesitant nod before leaving the house.

Molten had been walking through the forest for a good 15 minutes before he finally found Bryan, sitting on a large rock next to the river that he and Bryan had crossed a few days ago to find Golden's house. Molten let out a relieved sigh to see that Bryan wasn't harmed or lost, and he slowly and silently approached Bryan from the side. Bryan didn't react in the slightest as Molten slowly sat down next to him on the rock, Bryan just continued to stare down at the rushing water in front of him. "I'm sorry, I really am, you know that, right?" Molten asked slowly with a soft tone, looking at Bryan with an apologetic expression, but Bryan still didn't react. "I-I don't mean to scare you so bad so often, it's just-, I've been risking my life for years, it's been my job for years, so I don't really think anything of it anymore. But I used to be scared for myself, I used to be scared for Lefty, since he's a soldier, I still am, just not as much. So I know why you're so upset, it just doesn't bother me as much anymore, so I've been ignorant about it, and I'm sorry for that, I should've been thinking more about how you feel," Molten stated slowly with a soft tone, looking away and staring at the river rushing by. "I'll stop being so careless, I'll always ask you before I do anything from now on, I'll do anything you want me to do, I'll promise you anything you want me to, just please-, forgive me, stop being mad at me-, please?" Molten stated with an apologetic tone as he looked back at Bryan, and placed a gentle hand on Bryan's thigh, to get a reaction out of Bryan. "I forgive you. I'm sorry for yelling. I've watched people I care about die in battle, because they weren't being careful, that's why it scares me so much when you're careless, I'm scared of losing you, like I've lost some of my friends," Bryan stated softly, he still didn't look at Molten, but he placed his hand on top of Molten's own that was still on his thigh. "B-Bryan, I-I didn't know that, I'm so sorry," Molten whispered in response, he looked at Bryan with a worried expression, and Bryan finally looked over at him with a reassuring yet sad smile. "It's ok, their deaths aren't your fault, and you didn't know about it, so it's not your fault that you remind me of them sometimes, it's just a rough topic," Bryan whispered with a sad tone, still trying to reassure Molten with a smile. Molten let out a huff before he moved towards Bryan and laid his forehead in the crook of Bryan's neck. Bryan took a quick inhale through his nose, he was surprised by Molten's action. Bryan slightly leaned into Molten, slightly turning and tilting his head so his cheek was rubbing against Molten's own. The two sat like this for a few minutes, letting the forest sounds and each other's company comfort them, but they did have to get up, to go back to Golden's house before it started getting dark.